Archive for the ‘Staff development’ Category
Biometrics. . . continued
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: April 24, 2008
It’s working! Students at an elementary school and our high school are enrolling their fingers in the biometric system for media center checkout and school nutrition services! A few senior high students protested; most are eager and enjoying the experience as are many teachers. We have learned to use the proper teminology –Finger ID–Stay [...]
Thing # 10: Wikis
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 25, 2008
I’m meeting my original goal–getting my feet wet, picking up some new ideas for online teaching and trying to figure out which options are the most workable both for me and busy adult students. As I explored the 23 Things on a Stick Wiki I noticed the value of transferrable [...]
Thing #9: Google Docs
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 18, 2008
Now this is practical — and doable, even though I had to set up another account. At least it’s an account at a site I visit often! I am inspired to use Google Docs for planning our summer tech academy in the district. A great opportunity to model!
Thing # 7: Webinars
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: March 2, 2008
It’s quite exciting, actually, to learn more ideas for email’s expanded potential for connecting with media center patrons. But as one of my online students so nicely stated, we have filtered and policied out so much of what our patrons would relate to and could easily connect with.
Webinars are a fantastic tool; [...]
